best solution for getting off oxycontin

[skcbb]

i started hydrocodone 15 months ago and 4 months ago added oxycontin. i now take 80 mg hydro once a day and 180 mg oxy in am and 60 mg oxy in pm. if im honest id have to say i do it for the buzz!! i have ruptured discs in back but im ready to stop the meds. im limited to what i can take...i cant take nsaids (non steroid anti inflammatory drug). im scheduled to go to a detox on monday (2 days from now) but am really scared of the wd. they tell me they will give me ativan to help with wd. im now thinking about backing out of detox and going to my pain management doctor to ask him to taper me off of all the drugs. i am ashamed of myself for getting into this position. i had a liver transplant 7 years ago and have been given a second chance at life and here i am screwing it up. what would you do??? TAPER OFF OR GO TO DETOX. im 57 yrs old if it matters.
thanks for your help

[GMcp]

i am tapering very fast, went from 16-20 a day to 1 or 2 a day and someone told me to get this stuff i did and its helps its

*magnesium 500
*zink/copper 50
*fish oil or fish oil pills
*htp-5
*valaian root
*vitamin b6
*vitamin b12 you can get a bottle of 2 in 1
*gaba gaba

also seroquil works 100 times better than ativan! its a perscription but its very safe so you can get it at any doctor

im ready to ct now, and its been only 4 days of a taper :)

[Dav125]

I would have to agree on doing a taper..I ct'd once a year ago when I ran a week short on my script of oc 40's..Thats was rough..If I had been in a detox facility, I'd have probably lost my mind in that type of enviroment..At the time I had no clue as to what wd's to expect other than I inder rated what hit me bigtime...I did a week and a half, maybe 2 week taper over christmas from 300+ daily..I still had a rough time with energy,sleep, and a racy mind, but nothing like what I had experience earlier..Talk with your Dr about it..Tapering will have you in a semi state ofwd's with mainly a bad headache, but will save you from some of the hard physical symptoms that hit from a ct in the first 3 days..

[vicki595]

Hi-  If you are in otherwise good health,you could safely quit cold turkey. You'll have withdrawals but it will be over with. Tapering is like slowly pulling off a bandaid! That's just what I would do because I know it's torture to taper.

But for you,it may be better to taper. Your doctor can help you with a taper and there are meds you can take to make things smoother...